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Building the Next Big Thing: A Framework for Your Second Product (November 11, 2024) You need a first product sooner than you think. Here's a framework for helping you identify a winner.

Reframe How You Think About Users of your Internal Platform (November 11, 2023) Changing from "Customers" to "Partners" will give you a better perspective on internal product development.

Developer Experience Principle 1: Easy to Understand (September 9, 2020) To create a great developer experience, you must strive for a product that is Easy to Understand. Reduce the amount of thinking that someone needs to do. Make their first encounter with your product clear and easy.

The Components of A Developer Experience (September 9, 2020) Making your API a well-rounded product will help developers decide if your API is right for them and help grow their usage.

Principles of Developer Experience: An Introduction (September 9, 2020) You can create a great developer experience for everything you build. Introducing the six principles of developer experience.

Ask One Question To Help You Reach Product-Market Fit (September 9, 2020) Learn what adjacent problems you need to solve to become twice as valuable to your customers.

Product Manager Career Ladder (August 8, 2019) What are the steps along the product management career path?

Building the Customer-Informed Product (August 8, 2019) Strong products aren't composed of a list of features dictated by customers. They are guided by strong visions, and the execution of that vision is the primary focus of product development.

How the Sales organization in a large company slows innovation (November 11, 2018) If you have a new innovative product inside a large established company, it can be much harder to reach product market fit than it would be for the same product in a startup.

Turkey Legs (May 5, 2016) Product naming gone awry.

Product Leadership (May 5, 2008) An anthology of product leadership writing.

evhead: Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product Idea (December 12, 2007)

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10 OKR traps and how to avoid them

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AI is Smart, But Wisdom Requires Judgement

May 3: AI can process data at lightning speed, but wisdom comes from human judgment—picking the best imperfect option when facts alone don’t point the way.

Decoding Product Leadership Titles

Mar 18: Not all product leadership titles mean what they sound like. ‘Head of Product’ can mean anything from a senior PM to a true VP. Here’s how to tell the difference.

What branding can teach about culture

Jan 8: Culture is your company’s point of view in action—a framework guiding behavior, even in the unknown. You can’t copy it; it must reflect your unique perspective.

Think Systems, not Symptoms

Dec 15: Piecemeal process creation frustrates teams and slows work. Stop patching problems and start solving systems. Adopting a systems thinking approach helps you design processes that are efficient, aligned with goals, and truly add value.

Your Policies Aren’t Your Culture

Dec 13: Policies guide behavior, but culture is the lived norms and values of your team. Policies reflect culture -- they don’t define it. Netflix’s parental leave shift didn’t change its culture of freedom and responsibility. It clarified how to live it.

Lighten Your Process Burden

Dec 7: Everyone hates oppressive processes, but somehow we keep managing to create them.

Product Add-Ons Are An Expansion Myth

Dec 1: Add-ons can enhance your product’s appeal but won’t drive significant market growth. To expand your customer base, focus on developing standalone products.

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